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Tom Tugendhat has emerged as an early Tory leadership favourite with the public

Tory leader, at head of vastly shrunken party, stresses unity on Ukraine instead of the usual jousting

Shadow home secretary says he is ‘best placed’ to unite party and that he aims to become prime minister

Kemi Badenoch will go head-to-head with Robert Jenrick

MPs reject SNP’s amendment with 103 votes in favour and 363 against

Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Priti Patel are all expected to compete to replace Rishi Sunak

It came after the former home secretary said the party could do better than being ‘a collection of fanatical, irrelevant, centrist cranks’.

Damian Green and Steve Baker endorse shadow security minister as they seek to ‘transcend old divisions’

Among the loud political debate over the King’s Speech, the continuing drama from the US and the relationship setting at the European Political Community at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire today, there will be few column inches given to the Conservatives this week. Or next. Even the week after. Many reading…